KRIVET is a national policy research institute under the Prime Minister with the vision of becoming ‘a global skills development policy research institute that spearheads creation of linkage between education and training with employment’. To that end,...
The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was established as a governmental agency dedicated to proving grant aid programs of the Korean government in April 1991. KOICA endeavors to combat poverty and support the sustainable socioeconomic...
The Busan University of Foreign Studies seeks to nurture experts with leadership so that they can contribute to the prosperity and welfare of its nation and human society. To this end, the university places a strong emphasis not only on fostering...
Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in old age. There is growing interest among policymakers in the potential role of noncontributory transfers as an instrument to address a...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: Asian Development Bank, ADB
Establishing robust, equitable, and effective social protection is essential to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity at all levels of development. The demographic transition that has already transformed most high-income societies will exert similar...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: World Bank Group
The book has four specific objectives: (a) to discuss the role of retirement income transfers in the context of a strategy for expanding old-age income security and preventing poverty among the elderly; (b) to take stock of international experience with...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: World Bank Group
This note describes the development of South Korea's social security system over the past several decades. The system is split into three main branches: social insurance, intended to achieve universal coverage, and social services and public aid that...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: Inter-American Development Bank, IDB
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Conference on the theme of Transforming Development through Inclusive Green Growth from 6-7 September 2016. The conference forms a major part of the Global Green Growth...
The rapid increase of the number of older persons, particularly the oldest-old - those above 80 years - increases the need for long-term care of older persons in the Asia-Pacific region. This working paper series examines the prevailing system of...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP